Reading Horror Movies

Polysemy: Media texts open to any multiple readings. Horrors are often deliberately ambiguous. e.g. Shining

Reading horror movies is just interpreting the movie in different ways to your understanding.

Roland Barthes ( Death of the author):
 In his essay, Barthes argues against the method of reading and criticism that relies on aspects of the author's identity—their political views, historical context, religion, ethnicity, psychology, or other biographical or personal attributes—to distill meaning from the author's work. In this type of criticism, the experiences and biases of the author serve as a definitive "explanation" of the text.

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